East Rock School seventh graders Leia and Lesly suited up in gloves and eye protection to pierce through the unexpectedly tough skin of a frog — and discover, through hands-on education, what a real ...

CRESTVIEW, Fla. (WKRG) — A middle school science teacher is on the leading edge of changing how life science is taught in school. Her students are dissecting synthetic anatomy frogs thanks to a grant ...

(NEW YORK) — The smell of formaldehyde in classrooms may soon be a thing of the past as high schools begin to introduce synthetic animals for biology students to dissect, instead of the real thing.

In science classrooms across the country, middle-schoolers will take part in an iconic activity this year: frog dissection. For this series, we've been thinking a lot about the iconic tools that some ...

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — It’s a rite of passage in schools across the U.S.: frog dissection. Sometimes it happens in middle school, sometimes in high school. Feelings about the lesson are ...

Dear EarthTalk: Are the animals used in classroom dissection taken from the wild? If so, wouldn't this be endangering their populations? Are there other environmental issues associated with classroom ...

Pencils, check. Notebook, check. Backpack, check. Scalpel… wait, what? If you think knives don’t belong on a school-supply list, you’re in good company: Studies show that as many as 25 percent of ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A rite of passage for generations of often squeamish Hoosier students could be replaced by technology if state Rep. Ragen Hatcher, D-Gary, gets her way. Hatcher is sponsor of House Bill ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X East Rock seventh grader Jeryl searches for frog’s large intestines… Credit: Maya McFadden Photos ...